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W acteristics described in U. S. Patent No.

PATENT Ql-FlCE GEORGE HOLLAND ELLIS AND DERBY, ENGLAND, ASSIGN'OBS '10 POM'HQN OI DELAWARE umrao) sTATas mum :12am) eomnqarn, or 'sroimom mun manner: coaromnon or men, a con.-

mrme, ram'rme, on armour/ave or enunumsn ACETATE on Pnonuo'rs sums Ho Applicatlbntledlldcember 3,

re films or other goods or productsmade therewith by means of any colorin matters "or organic compo nds having atfimty for cellulose acetate or apable of coloring the same, but which are ihsoluble, practically insoluble 1a or of relatively low solubility in water, said coloring matters or organic com ounds being employed according to the sai application in the form of soluble or more soluble modifications obtained by treating them, prior so to addition to the dyebaths or preparations for printin or otherwise coloring with sulphoricino'leic or other sulphonated fatty acids or. other bodies having oily or fatty characteristics, namely higher fatty acids or $5 sulphonated or other derivatives thereof containing salt-forming groups (e. g. the sulpho group or carbo l grou or both sulpho and carboxyl groups or with salts of any such bodies, for instance their alkali or ammonium salts. All such bodies and their salts are hereinafter and are in the specification of said U. S. patent included in,the term bodies of oily or fatty characteristics.

In U. S. application S. No. 8,666 filed 6th August 1925, of which this application is a continuation in part and which/eventuated into Patent No. 1,690,481, granted November 6, 1928, the present applicants have described processes for dyeing, printing'or stenciling goods made with or containing cellulose acetate with dyestuffs, coloring matters or organic compounds having aflinity for or capabio of coloring cellulose acetate, but which are insoluble, insufliciently soluble or of relatively low solubility in water, said dyestufis, col-- oring matters or organic compounds being employed in form of soluble or more soluble modifications obtained by pretreating them with one or more bodies of oily or fatty ch arbons suc 1928, Serial No. 152.3517, and in Great Britain January 80, me.-

1,618,413 and one or more bodies termed auxiliary solvents. As examples of auxil iary solvents the said Patent No. 1,690,481 instances the following classes :-alkyl {or alkylene halides, simple or mixed derivatives of the cyclic or aromatic series containng one or more amino, chlor or hydroxy grou s, and hydrogenated derivatives of such or ot er aromatic compounds.

According to the present invention we have found'that a further class of bodies namely hydrocarbons exhibit. this auxiliary solvent action and that highly useful dyeings, printings .or stencilings may be obtained on goods 1 made with or contaimng cellulose acetate by employing the hydrocarbon bodies in conjunction with the aforesaid bodies of oily or fatty characteristics. Further, as auxiliary solvents, we may use one or more of the said hydrocarbon bodies in conjunction with one or more of the members of the classes of bodies mentioned in our previous Patent No. 1,690,481. The following are exam les of the hydrocarbon bodies used accor ing to the present invention z-aromatic hydrocarbons such for instance as benzene, toluene, xylene, cumene (C H GH-(GH propylbenzene, ortho-methylethylbenzene, 'mesitylene, diphenyl methane, naphthalene; paraffins such for example as heptane, triethylmethane, A-nonane, nonane; naphthene hydrocarbons from petroleum such for instance as cyclohepane' dekanaphthene, undekanaphthene, dodekanaphthene, tetradekanaphthene, pentadekanaphthene, duodecylene (which occurs in Canadian petroleum) terpenes such for instance as turpentines,

pinene, sylvestrene; unsaturated hydrocarfor instance as butylethylene, methylcyclopentene, tetramethylethylene, cyclohexadiene, cyclopentene, cymene C H 1:1:2 trimethylcyclopentene and the like; or commercial liquids containing mixtures of the aforesaid compounds, such for instance as turpentine (which contains the relevant terpenes), and petroleum, solvent naphtha or commercial benzol (which contain mixtures of parafin or aromatic hydro- I carbons) For the purpose of the present invention one or more hydrocarbons may be used in conjunction with one or more 9? the aforesaid bodies of oilyror fatty characteristics '(and in conjunction or not with one or more of the auxiliary solvents of oursaid previous Patent N 0. 1,690,481 for the solubilization of any 1nsoluble or insufiiciently soluble colorin matters or organic compounds having afiinlty for cellulose acetate. All water-insoluble or in- 10 sufficiently water-soluble colorin matters or organic compounds having an a 1ty for or capable of coloring cellulose acetate are hereinafter in the claims included in the term-relatively water-insoluble organic com ounds capable of coloring cellulose acetate; urther with reference to the application of the invention for dyeing, printing or stenciling the materials by means of the azoic process, that is to say wherein the actual dyestufi is produced 90 on the cellulose acetate fibre or material by coupling of bases and developers on thematerial, it is understood that the expression organic compounds capable of coloring cellulose acetate applies to the said bases or dees velopers in the sense that they are capable of coloring the cellulose acetate by such production of a dye thereon, whether or not the bases or developers themselves color cellulose acetate. Thus for instance we may employ the coloring matters or organic compounds described in Patent N o..1,618,413 for instance nonsulphonated or other relatively insoluble derivatives of the azo class containing or not containing primary or secondary or tertiary 5 amino groups such as alkylated or arylated b amino groups or substituent groups such as nitro, chlor, ethoxy or methoxygroups; simple amino bases for application accordin to the azoic method) such as paranitranillne, 4o inetanitraniline, benzidine, dianisidine, di-

- methylaniline,

phenylamine; unreduced coloring matters of the benzo or naphthoquinone monoimide series generally comprised within the term in.-

dophenols; insoluble or relatively low soluble organic compounds or coloring matters of the following classesdiphenylmethane, triphenylmethane, triarylmethane, oxazine, azine, thiazine, unreduced indigoid or basic 60 derivatives of the anthraquinone series (as for instance rosanilinebase, alkylated or arylated rosaniline bases, pararosaniline base, tetramethyldiparaamido triphenyl carbinol, amido anthraquinones and amido hydroxy anthraquinones or their derivatives) or we may employ nonsulphonated derivatives of the'pyrazolone series referred to in S.

. Patent No. 1,600,277, e. g., unsulphonated azo derivatives of pyrazolone compounds; or unreduced vat dyestuffs of the anthraquinone series referred to inU. S. Patent No. 1,641,965, e. g., the various dyes marketed under the trade marks Indanthrene, Cibanone, Algol, Helindone, and any other vatdyestufls of theanthraquinone series; or

\ are referred to in U. S.

alphanaphthylamine or di-' methods commonly known in the arts.

nitro derivatives of diarylamines such as are referred to in U. S. Patent No. 1,618,415; or coloring matters or compoundsof the stilbene group containing no sulpho groups in their constitution, such as Patent No. 1,694,414 issued December 11, 192

The present invention is of especial use for the application of highly insoluble coloring matters or organic compounds such for instance as are comprised within the following chemical types :-azo and polyazo compounds, anthraquinone derivatives, indigoid derivatives, nitro-diarylamine derivatives, for instance 2-4-dinitro benzeneazo-diethylaniline, para nitrobenzene azo-betanaphthol,

, benzeneazo-'benzeneazobetanaphthol, Sgmw metrical di paratolyl 1 :4- diamino ant quinone, -1 hydroxy 4 z-paratoyamino-an thraquinone, 1: paratolylaminoi-methylamino-anthraquinone, 4 paratoylamino 1 anthraquinone-N-methyl-pyridone, 2 -dinitrodiphenylamine, 2 4-dinitro-3 hydroxy-di- I phenylamine diparamethoxy -'benzoyl-diamino-anthrarufin, 4'4" dimethoxy 2 6-dialphaanthraquinonyl di mino anthraquinone, 3- (5 7 dibromoindole) -2'-tl1ionaphthenindigo; and the unreduced so-called vat colors. In carrying out the inventionone or moreof the insoluble or insufiiciently' solu'ble or relatively insoluble coloring matters or organic compounds having aifinity forcellulose acetate or capable of coloring the same, may be treated with one or more of the aforesaid odies of oily or fatty characteristics and one or more of the aforesaid hydrocarbons (and if desired, one or more of the auxiliary solvents of our prior application S. N 0. 48,666) in any orderseparately, or together in admixture, at any suitabletemperature or pressure, in presence of little-or nowater, or in presence of larger quantities of water with subsequent concentration or drying, and it is understood that all such methods are hereinafter in the claims included in the term pretreating. The solubilized modifications thus obtained may be then added to the dyebaths, printing pastes or other preparations and the application to the goods be performed by Y The following are some examples which serve to illustrate how the invention may be performed,'itbeing understood that these are given by way of illustration and are in no way limitative, and that the-coloring matters or compounds, solubilizing agents, hydrocarbon bodies, proportions, temperatures and other conditions and the manner of operation may be varied widely Ewample 1 para nitro diphenyllbs. cyclohexane dis Turkey red oil by gently C. Boil'ng soft water is 1 now added to make upjto temgallons. This solution is now dredged into 250 gallons of 7 cold soft water containing 2 lbs. olive oil soap insolution.

100 lbs. llulose .acetate yarn in form, of hanks are now entered and dyeing carried out heating to 75 C. in %'hour and maintain- 75-80 C. for a further hour. The

ing at T goods which are dyed a full bright greenish elloware now lifted,

thoroughly in soft water.

and washe E'wawiple 2 1 lb.finely -powdered 1 hydroxy 4 aminoanthraquinone is dissolved by boiling with 10 to which have been added 5 lbs. olive oil soap.

100 lbs. cellulose acetate yarnsin the form of knitted fabrics are now entered, and dyeing is carried out by heating to 75 C. in hour and maintaining at'75-80 C. for a further hour. The goods which are dyed a full bright 'redshade are now lifted, rinsed,

f and fimshed as maybe desired.

Example 3 1 lb. finely powdered 4-chlor-2 nitro -4'- methoxydiphenylamineis ground with 10 lbs. sodium ,salt of sulphoricinoleic acid (50%) and the mixture heated to 60 C. with good stirring. 2 lbs. of diphenylrhethane' are now stirred in, and after further stirring for a short time, boiling soft water (10 gallons) added.

The dyebath is prepared by pouring this solution into 300 gallons soft water contained in a suitable machine,in which 3 lbs. of soap have been previously dissolved. The temperature ofthe bath is raised to 7 5 C., and 100- lbs. of previously scoured fabric composed ofcellulose acetate yarns is entered, and dyeing carried out for 1 hour at 7 580 C. 7 When the body of o1ly or fatty characteristms and w th fabric is dyed the requisite depth of golden orange shade it is lifted, rinsed and hydroextracted, dried and finished as may be desired. v

Ewample J;

& lbs. -nitro-2-methoxy-4dimethylaminoazo benzene 25% paste are intimately mixed with 3 lbs. turpentine and 12 lbs. Turkey red oil, suficient boiling soft water being added to give a thin, smooth paste. The whole is now heated to 80 C. and diluted to 10 gallons with'boiling soft water. A

Theclear solution thus formed is poured into 300 gallons soft water containing 2 lbs. olive oil soap in solution.-

100 lbs. cellulose acetate yerns in the form of hanks are nowentered and dyeing carried out for hr. during which time the tem erature is raised to 75 0., the bath being ept at this temperature for a further period of.

1 hour. The cellulose acetate am is now colored a full yellowish'red sha e, and after ainsidng'may be finished,hyd roextracted and What we claim and desire ters Patent is 1. A recess for thedyein of materials compris ng cellulose acetate w ich comprise treating said materials with relatively waterinsoluble organic compounds capable of colso oring cellulose acetate, said organic compounds bein employed in the form of solubilized modi cations obtained by pretreating them with a solubilizing agent comprising a to secure by Letbody of oily or fatty characteristics and w th 5 at least one hydrocarbon.

2. A process for the dyeing of materials comprising cellulose acetate which comprises treating said materials with relatively waterinsoluble organic compounds capable of coloring cellulose acetateysaid organic compoundsbeing employed in the form'of 'solubilized modifications obtained by pretreating I them with a solubilizing agent comprising a salt of sulplioricinoleic acid and with at least one hydrocarbon.

" 3. A process for the dyeing of materials comprising cellulose acetate which comprises treating said materials with relativelywaterinsoluble organic .compounds capable of 'col-' oring cellulose acetate, said organic compounds being employed in the form of solubilized modifications obtained by 'pretreating them with a solubilizing agent comprising sodium salt of sulphoricinoleic acid and with at least one hydrocarbon; g

4. A rocess for the dyeing of materials comprising cellulose acetate which comprises treating said materials with relatively waterinsoluble organic compounds capable of coloring cellulose acetate, said drganic compoundsbeing employed in the form of 'solubilized modifications obtained by' pr'etreating them with a solubilizing agent comprising a at least one cyclic hydrocarbon.

5. A process for the dyeing of materials comprislng cellulose acetate which comprises treating said materials with relatively waterinsoluble organic compounds capable of coloring cellulose acetate, said organic compounds being employed in the form of solubilized modifications obtained by pretreating them with a solubilizing agent comprising 3 salt of sulph'oricinoleic acid and with at-leasione cyclic hydrocarbon.

6. A process for'the dyeing of materials comprising cellulose acetate which comprises treating said materials with relatively waterinsoluble organic compounds capable of col i 9 insoluble anthraquinone coloring matters caoring cellulose acetate, said organic com- I treating them with a solubilizingagent comprising a body of oily or fatty characteristics pounds bein employed in the form of solubilized modi cations obtained by pretreating them with a solubilizing agent comprising sodium salt of sulphoricinoleic acid and with at least one cyclic hydrocarbon.

7. A processfor the dyein of materials comprising cellulose acetate w ich comprises treating said materials with relatively waterinsolublc anthraquinone coloring matters capable of coloring cellulose acetate, said coloring matters being-employed in the form of solubilized modifications obtained by preand with at least one hydrocarbon.

8. A process for the 'dyein of materials comprising celluloseacetate w ich comprises treating said'materials with relatively waterinsoluble anthraquinone coloring matters capable of coloring cellulose acetate, said coloring matters being employed in .the form of solubilized modifications obtained by pretreating them with a solubilizing agent comprising a salt of sulphoricinoleic acid and with at least one hydrocarbon.

9. A process for the dyeing of materials comprising cellulose acetate which comprises treating said materials with relatively waterinsoluble anthraquinone coloring matters capable of coloring cellulose acetate, said coloring matters being employed in the form of solubilized modifications obtained by pre treating them with a solubilizing agent com prisingspdium salt of sulphoricinoleic acid and withat least one hydrocarbon.

10. A process for the dyeing of materials comprising cellulose acetate which comprises treating saidmaterials with relatively waterpable of coloring cellulose acetate, said coloring matters being employed in the form of solubilized modifications obtained by pretreating them with a solubilizing agent comprising a salt of sulphoricinoleic acid and with-at least one cyclic hydrocarbon.

12. A process for the dyeing of materials comprisingcellulose acetate which comprises treating said materials with relatively water-ins'oluble anthraquinonecoloring matters capable of coloring cellulose acetate, said coloring matters being employed in the form of solubilized modifications obtained by pretreating them with a solubilizing agent com- .capable of colorin prising sodium an of sulplhoricinoleic acid treating Said materials with relativcly wator-insoluble anthraquinone coloring matters cellulose acetate, said coloring mattermbemg emplo ed in the form of solubilizgd modifications o tained by pretreating them with a solubilizing agent comprising a body of oily or fatty characteristics and with xylene.

14. A process for the dyeing of materials comprising cellulose acetate which comprises treating said materials with relatively water-insoluble anthrgquinone coloring matters capable of coloring cellulose acetate, said coloring matters being employed in the form ofsolubilized modifications obtained by pretreating the with a solubilizing agent comprising a sa of sulphoricinoleic acid and with xylene.

15. A processfor the dyeing of materials comprising cellulose acetate which comprises treating said materials with-relatively wacapable of coloring cellulose acetate, said colorin matters being employed in the form of solu ilized modifications obtained by pretreating them with a solubilizing agent com prising sodium salt of sulphoricinoleic acid and with xylene.

16. A process for the dyeing of materials comprising cellulose acetate which comprises treating said materials with relatively water-insoluble aminoanthraquinone coloring matters capable of coloring cellulose acetate, said coloring matters being employed in the form of solubilized modifications obtained by pretreating them with a solubilizing agent comprising a body of oily or fatty characteristics and with at least one hydrocarbon.

17. A process for the dyeing of materials comprising cellulose acetate which comprises treating said materials with relatively water-insoluble aminoanthraquinone coloring matters capable of coloring cellulose acetate, said coloring matters being employed in the form of solubilized modifications obtained by pretreating them with a solubilizing agent comprising a salt of sulphoricinoleic acid and with at least one hydrocarbon.

18. A process for the dyeingof materials comprising cellulose acetate which comprises treating jsaid materials with relatively water-insoluble aminoanthraquinone. coloring matters capable of coloring cellulose acetate, said coloring matters being employed in the form of solubilized modifications obtained by pretreating them with a solubilizing agent comprising sodium salt of sulphoricinoleic acid and with at least one hydrocarbon.

19. A process for the dyeing of materials comprising cellulose acetate which comprises treating said materials with relatively water-insoluble anthraquinone coloring matters ter,-insoluble'- aminoanthraquinone coloring matters capable of coloring cellulose acetate,

said colorin matters being employed in the form of solubilized modifications obtained by pretreating them with a solubilizing agent comprising a body of oily or fatty characteristics and with at least one aromatic hydrocarbon.

20. A process for the dyeing of materials comprising cellulose acetate which comprises treating said materials with relatively waterinsoluble aminoanthraquinone coloring matters capable of coloring cellulose acetate, said coloring matters being employed in the form of solubilized modifications obtained by pretreating them with a solubilizing agent comprising a salt of sulphoricinoleic acid and with at least one aromatic hydrocarbon.

21.:A process forthe dyeing of materia s comprising cellulose acetate which comprises treating said materials with relatively water- 'insoluble aminoanthraquinone coloring matters capable of coloring cellulose acetate, said coloring matters being employed in the form of solubilized modifications obtained by pretreating them with a selubilizing agent comprising sodium salt of sulphoricinoleic acid and with at least one aromatic hydrocarbon.

22. A process for the dyeing of materials comprising cellulose acetate which comprises treating said materials with relatively waterinsoluble aminoanthraquinone coloring matters capable of coloring cellulose acetate, said colo matters beingemployed in the form of solubilized modifications obtained by pretreating them with a solubilizing agent comprising a body of oily or fatty characteristics and with xylene.

23.. A process for the dyeingof-materials comprising cellulose acetate which comprises treating said materials with relatively waterinsoluble aminoanthraquinone coloring matters capable'of coloring cellulose acetate, said characteristicsas a solubiliz'ing agentand at least one hydrocarbon.

26. A composition of matter applicable for the dyeing of cellulose acetate, comprising a solubilized modification of a relatively water-insoluble organic compound capable of coloring cellulose acetate, said solubilized modification comprising a bod of oily or fatty characteristics asa solubilizing agent and at least one aromatic hydrocarbon.

27. A process of dyeing materials containing cellulose acetate which comprises dissolving a water insoluble aminoanthraquinone in. xylene, filterin the solution into Turkey red oil, adding boiling water, then dredging into 'cold water containing olive oil soap and then entering cellulose acetate yarns in the form of fabrics therein.

28. A- process of dyeing materials containing cellulose acetate which comprises dissolvcoloring matters being employed in the form of solubilized modifications obtained by pretreating them with a solubilizing agent comprising a salt of sulphoricinoleic acid and with xylene.

comprising cellulose acetate which comprises treating said'materials with relatively water- I insoluble aminoanthraquinone coloring matters capable of coloring cellulose acetate, said coloring mattersbeing employed in the form of solubilized modifications obtained by pre- 24. A process for the dyeing of materials treating them with. a solubilizing agent comprising sodium salt of sulphoricinoleic acid and w1thxylene.. I

. 2 5. A composition of matter applicable for the dyeing of cellulose acetate, comprising a solubilized modification of a relatively waterinsoluble organic compound capable of coloring cellulose acetate, said solubilized modification comprising' a body of oily or fatty 

